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The Big Tech Show

Irish Independent

Irish Independent Tech Editor Adrian Weckler hosts this award-winning business podcast which dives deep into the biggest industry advances and tracks the key movers and shakers behind the innovation. From interviewing Big Tech CEOs to investigations into how tech affects our working lives, the show has become Ireland’s most listened-to technology podcast.

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48:26

Alan Coleman: doing it all again after €60m

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/02/08

You started a company. You sold it for over €60m. Now you’re going back to start something new from scratch.The question is: why? Why get back into the trenches and try to prove yourself all over again?“It's the struggle, the fight. It's pulling together the most talented people to do their respective jobs and having that team become greater than the sum of their parts.”That’s Alan Coleman, the Dubliner who sold homegrown telecoms billing company Britebill for a fortune in 2016. He’s back with a new

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43:45

Startups and starting up

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2019/02/01

This week, a double-header: one of Ireland’s best known venture capitalists talks money, while a tutor for beginners discusses what we need to know.Adrian catches up with entrepreneur and Draper Esprit financier Brian Caulfield to talk about the state of things for funding and company-building in Ireland today.Then he meets Aisling Mackey, Ireland’s ‘computer tutor’ to talk about some of the skills that we should brush up on.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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44:36

Won’t somebody think of the kids?

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2019/01/25

How relevant are colleges? This week, Adrian sits down with the president of Dublin City University, Prof Brian MacCraith, to talk what universities do well and what they struggling with.Adrian asks Prof MacCraith why Irish universities keep slipping down the international ratings. He also asks about the possible introduction of a student loan system or higher fees for richer students, two things long recommended to keep Irish universities afloat but which no political party here will accept.The two

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64:11

Harvey says: “you’ve got it wrong, Weckler.”

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/01/18

Podcast host Adrian Weckler has been writing columns saying that web shopping — and Amazon in particular — is seriously altering the fortunes of offline retailers and the future of the ‘high street’.But the head of one of Ireland’s biggest retail chains, Harvey Norman’s Blaine Callard, thinks this is baloney.This week, Adrian invites Blaine on to tell him why.Blaine tells him that empty spaces in high streets and run down shopping centres are a misreading of the data and have more to do with parking

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78:38

Declan Ganley and China

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/01/11

In the wake of a Huawei executive arrested for spying in the EU, do western countries face a threat to their national security from Chinese telecom and tech companies? Or is the current controversy over who builds 5G networks being infused with scaremongering and paranoia by US politicians and commentators?Adrian sits down with Declan Ganley, the long-time Irish telecoms executive who claims that China has a military-industrial ethos which threatens western security. Adrian puts it to Declan that

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56:48

Reasons why Facebook (probably) isn’t listening...

The Big Tech Show ·

2019/01/04

It’s arguably the most talked-about tech question of our time – is Facebook listening to your physical conversations to serve you ads? An increasing number of people are convinced that this is the case. To take a technical and ethical dive into the issue, Adrian is joined by three people who are deeply knowledgeable about the science, marketing and cultural tech behind what it would all entail. Facebook ad expert Damien Mulley doesn’t believe it’s happening and explains why. Dr Patricia Scanlon,

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43:03

Destruction and rebirth: what to expect in 2019

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2018/12/28

From the demise of Facebook among younger people to the death of DSLR cameras and Amazon’s destruction of high street retail, Adrian looks at what to expect in the year ahead.He’s joined by Patrick Walsh, founder of the coworking space, Dogpatch Labs in Dublin. Along the way, they also discuss why people are turning off traditional offices and whether alternatives, such as Ludgate and Republic Of Work in Cork, Portershed in Galway and HQ in Tralee will mop up the business of hosting growing tech

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32:51

All the news that’s fit to hear

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/12/21

Is audio a missed opportunity for newspapers? A bold young Irish startup, NOA, has struck deals with publishers such as Bloomberg, the New York Times and the FT to create a new audio news service from those publications’ daily news stories.The idea, according to NOA’s Gareth Hickey and Shane Ennis, is to create a ‘Spotify for News’. Adrian chats about the idea and wonders about what kind of audio delivery might work best. Inevitably, he slips into a few impressions of well-known radio and

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56:50

Look at all these gadgets

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/12/14

Phones, smartwatches, hifi, tablets, laptops – Adrian goes through some of the best tech to get over Christmas and recaps on what has impressed during the year.He’s joined by up-and-coming creative Jake McCabe, a hifi and video expert who dabbles in all things tech.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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46:03

Are male founders better bullsh***ers than female ones?

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2018/12/07

All the statistics show that when it comes to VC cash, men get almost all of it. In fact, they snag way more than the percentage of startups they solely found.In conversation with two Irish VC investors and a startup COO, Adrian wonders if it’s partly down to male founders simply being less shy about making grandiose, bold statements about their firms. And what should investors actually do about it? Is positive discrimination desireable? Or should it be a slow evolution?Giving expert analysis on the

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47:12

Crypto: the good and the truly shady

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2018/11/30

In the original dot com boom, all you needed was an idea and you were showered with millions in funding. But is the same now happening with cryptocurrency and blockchain?This week, Adrian meets David Wachsman, the founder of the world’s largest Blockchain focused PR agency. It has chosen Dublin as its headquarters to serve Europe.Adrian asks whether crypto is a bandwagon that people are jumping on. The two talk about possible use cases versus actual examples of blockchain in action now.David also

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35:25

Recycled iPhones and crypto w***ers

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/11/23

This week, Adrian throws off the shackles in a free-ranging conversation with the Irish Independent’s environment editor, Paul Melia. The two discuss the current state of big tech companies, why electric cars are a tough sell at present and the credibility gap that cryptocurrency evangelists sometimes suffer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:49

When success is a two-way thing

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2018/11/09

What happens when the tech company you build becomes wildly successful? Do you change?At the Web Summit, Adrian sat down with the Des Treanor, co-founder of Intercom, the €1bn software firm. They talked about dealing with success, company culture, artificial intelligence and where Intercom goes from here.The Big Tech Show is brought to you this week by PwC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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54:13

Is the new iPad Pro a replacement for your laptop?...

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2018/11/02

Adrian returns to Dublin following Apple’s MacBook Air and iPad Pro launch. Joined by Sunday Independent business correspondent Michael Cogley and INM head of product Steve Dempsey, he goes through the most important features of what was announced and asks whether pro tablets can be a long term replacement for current laptops.Irish Independent business editor Donal O’Donovan joins the discussion to figure out whether the Web Summit, which kicks off in Lisbon on Tuesday, matters to Irish business. Is

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24:28

All the news that’s fit to share

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/10/26

Mark Little is one of Ireland’s most recognisable media technology figures. From being an anchorman on RTE television to founding Storyful to becoming boss of Twitter in Ireland, he has seen the business from all angles.Now he’s back with a new venture that aims to reinvent app-based news. Together with former journalist and Facebook executive Aine Kerr and ex-Storyful collaborator Paul Watson, Little has launched ‘Kinzen’.Adrian sits down to talk to Little, Kerr and Watson about the problem they’re

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50:08

Knowing me, knowing you, David Schneider: Aha!

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/10/19

When do comedy and technology mix? Why is social media so much to the fore in critical analysis of current events? This week, Adrian chats to a contemporary master, David Schneider, about the role of comedy and social media in our daily lives. Schneider is one of the writers and actors on seminal British comedy series such as 'The Day Today' and 'I’m Alan Partridge’.Adrian also catches up with Lory Kehoe, the Irish boss of the blockchain specialist company, Consensys. They discuss some of the

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64:00

A broadband clusterf***

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/10/12

In a week that saw the resignation of the Minister responsible for the National Broadband Plan, Adrian asks some blunt questions about whether the whole rural rollout plan is going to be delayed and, if so, for what reasons. Adrian is joined in analysing the whole sorry saga by the Irish Independent’s political correspondent, Laura Larkin and the Sunday Independent’s business correspondent, Michael Cogley.Adrian also catches up with Oisin Hanrahan, the Dublin tech entrepreneur who raised almost

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31:29

How to get €1m for your startup

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2018/10/05

How do you ask for money for your startup?That’s the question that Adrian put to Peter O’Malley, the co-founder of a new startup that has raised €1m from a variety of ‘business angels’ that include Paddy Cosgrave, CPL boss Anne Heraty and former Paddy Power chief Breon Corcoran.Is there a difference between approaching ‘friends and family’ and business contacts? What sort of plan do you need to have in place?Peter talks about his own experience and how he and co-founder Galen Lowney realised that

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31:29

How to get €1m for your startup

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/10/05

How do you ask for money for your startup?That’s the question that Adrian put to Peter O’Malley, the co-founder of a new startup that has raised €1m from a variety of ‘business angels’ that include Paddy Cosgrave, CPL boss Anne Heraty and former Paddy Power chief Breon Corcoran.Is there a difference between approaching ‘friends and family’ and business contacts? What sort of plan do you need to have in place?Peter talks about his own experience and how he and co-founder Galen Lowney realised that

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39:10

Tommy Collison, our man in Seattle

The Big Tech Show ·

2018/09/28

This week, Adrian talks tech and politics with Tommy Collison, an Irish transplant to Seattle. Tommy brings us up to date on where tech and politics intersect in Silicon Valley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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